Quin & Shanell Hatch

2011-08-21T17:52:00.000-07:00

Isn't life crazy! For those of you who don't know we moved to El Paso, Texas in May. So I guess we have been here for 4 months already. CRAZY! And I haven't even blogged about it yet. Huh...shocker. I am not very good at this thing. Well we love it here in El Paso. We are always busy with family, work, school, football, birthdays. I pretty much don't have any free weekends anymore. Don't get me wrong I do miss quite a bit about Arizona. Although I am glad I don't live there now. I DON'T miss the 120 degree weather. I do miss our friends and family from the good ole AZ though. We will be visiting soon. So we just moved into our own apartment at the first of July. We lived with one of Quin's brothers and their family until we got settled and found a place. They were so great to let us live there. We really appreciated it Greg & Kami! THANKS!!! I still have a few pictures to hang but for the most part I am starting to actually feel like we live here instead of just visiting. We spoke in church on Sunday and now both have callings in our ward. So I guess we are here to stay. I was so blessed to find a job only a week after moving here. My wonderful Sis. in law was working for a Lending Company helping part time processing mortgage loans. I had an interview and they told me I had the job on the spot!! That has never happened to me before. I really love my job! I must have been really burnt out of Tax returns. Can you blame me. Now I have my own office and I don't have to answer phones. They actually treat you like a person here. I don't feel guilty for asking for time off. In fact they are so great and tell me to take whatever I need. I have never had that before. Anyway I like my job. Quin is enjoying his as well. He still has another year and half left of school. He is so tired of school but I keep telling him 1 1/2 isn't that long. I am proud of him. He is getting all A's. He works really hard! We are loving life here in THE BIG TEXAS! I can't wait for summer to get over though. I can't stand the heat and the humidity. Its a killer!

This is a big catch up on Photo's!

I did my first 10k in January! Wow I haven't posted in FOREVER!

Brittney, my mom and my aunt Lucy did Londons Run too! So proud of them.

I am going to run a 1/2 marathon in December!! Whoo Hooo! Wish me luck!

Brittney & Casey took us repelling in Snowflake!

I was so freakin scared. But I am glad I did it!

Quin was way braver than me!I did it once and I was good!

This was an art exhibit at the arts center in Mesa, AZ.

It was awesome. It felt like we stepped into a DR. SEUSS book.

We went with some of our Best Friends Paul & Carrie!

They were so much fun!

Cody went into the Air force this last year! I am so proud of him!

We went to a Diamond Backs game!

Poker Night in El Paso with the Hatch's. Quin and Travis

were the bar tenders they mixed drinks for all of us. Some were

great and some were pretty gross! And yes that is my husband

wearing white shoes. He is HOTT I know!

I learned that I wasn't the best at some of the card
games. But I got lucky!

Braxton came down stairs and decided he would be the

bouncer. Just in case anyone got out of hand! ;-)

Quin turned 26. We went to Texas Roadhouse with

all of his family. He was a good sport and got on the saddle!

Balloon festival in New Mexico!

Quin was a little cranky! Guess he didn't really want

to wake up early to see all the balloons! But I did!

Cody graduated from Lackland Airforce Base!

He is so stinkin skinny and tall!

The Alamo! It is such a sad story.

Beautiful Brittney! I miss her so much! I wish she

wasn't so far away!

4th of July in El Paso...well its fun with family.

Definitely not the best parade but it will do.

We always stay up really late when we get together.

Dad never makes it! Over the years its been harder

and harder for him to stay awake!

He was so tired he fell asleep on a canister of mixed nuts!

Tori was baptised this July. I can't believe how big she is!

We tried to get a family picture... : )

This summer has been crazy! But we are surviving! It is different but I like it. We have definitely had some new adventures here in El Paso. We really enjoy being with a lot of family.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Catch up!

2010-11-24T06:06:00.000-08:00

Just for everyones info I have been taking pictures. So if you get tired of looking I completely understand. It took me forever to upload them all. I ran my first race. It was a stake triathlon. When I finished I wished I would have done the whole thing instead of just the running. Oh well there is always next time. It was awesome having the feeling of accomplishment. Now onto a 10k...and shortly after that a 1/2 marathon. Quin was my number one fan! Aren't you all so jealous. I know I would be!! He wanted to be so supportive he couldn't do any of the events. He had to focus on being my cheerleader! ha ha

Then we had Halloween. The pictures I have aren't to fabulous because I forgot to turn my flash on. I know total Shanell moment. I was Lucy and Quin was Ricardo. Ya know I LOVE LUCY!!! We went to a party that some of our friends had. Thanks again Anthony and Holly. We had a ton of fun. It is the only way I can get Quin to dress up is if we have a party or something to go to. So someone please invite us every year. :0) Is it bad that I enjoy making him do things he wouldn't normally do...I think not. Hello its called getting out of your comfort zone people.

Then my amazing b.f.f. Shay got tickets for SYTYCD. If your reading this and don't know what that means then you shouldn't be reading. I am not going to clarify...sorry! ;0) It was amazing. I am definitely going to try my best to make this a yearly accurance. The only horrible thing was that the dancers didn't come out at the end to meet the fans. Ya know take pictures and sign autographs. It was sooooo lame! Little girls were crying it was awful. I had a blast. It was great going with Shay and her 2 cute little sista's!!

This last Saturday was my cousin Kyle's Birthday party. I told my aunt I would help her out. Well he is really into BMX Racing. The whole family is. So they rented the track out. It was way fun. Especially because Quin always gives him a hard time about it. Ya know saying "It's a girls sport and stuff!" So when Quin decided he would try it all the kids at the party gathered around to watch and race. They all one of course. It is way harder than it looks. My heart was in my throat the whole entire time. But I did it twice! Yes I was proud of myself. And my legs they BURNED! Great exercise though. We have had a great few months. Extremely busy but we wouldn't have it any other way. Hope everyone has a great day!

#1 Fan!

I decided I don't look too great with red hair.

I will leave it up to my sisters.

Did I mention that I love this girl. She is awesome

for getting us the tickets for SYTYCD!

It would not have been the same without her.

Oh and isn't she GORGEOUS!!!

Quin on his bike....yes he did beat me when we raced.

I am ashamed!!!

NO COMMENT! I know I look like

a complete dork!

She finally came! Warning! Picture overload.

2010-10-17T11:57:00.001-07:00

Presley Maeve! Congratulations to Berk and Margo!! She had this beautiful baby girl this morning. She is so tiny and quiet. Very different from her older brother Kolby. I hope Margo doesn't mind that I posted a few pictures. I couldn't help myself. Kolby was so stinkin cute. He loves his little sister so much already. And is constantly wanting to look at her and hold her. I am still so amazed at what a wonderful blessing from heaven these sweet little babies are. Can't wait to see how she holds up in this Hatch family of ours. She has such a quiet cry. Hopefully she can keep up with her older brother. :-)

Getting her her foot prints done!

I love Kolby's cheesy grin!

Perhaps pregnancies are contagious! ;-)

The cheesy grins just get better!

OH MAN! I could have stayed there all day and

held that baby girl! She is so precious.

Yes I think I might need one of these soon!!

Thanks Margo for letting me experience what I did with you. You are an amazing woman. And you did a great job. Especially with Berk & Quin hanging out watching the football game on TV. I am sure their comments didn't help with the contractions! Good thing you kicked em out! She is a beautiful girl! Can't wait to get to know her more!

Summer 2010

2010-09-06T19:48:00.000-07:00

Don't worry I haven't forgotten about my blog. I just lack the motivation to post anything. I finally uploaded pictures from my camera. So I am going to try and recall some of the summer events. It won't hurt my feelings if you look at the pictures and not read the post.

-Quin's 25th Birthday/ Braxton's basketball tournament in Phoenix

At the end of May we had family in town. It turned out great since it was Quin's birthday. We watched Braxton play in his basketball games, had dinner for Quin's birthday, and watched a pretty funny movie! (Just ask my bro in law Travis) ;-) haha We always love hanging out with family.

-4th of July in Texas!

We always love going to Texas. We can't wait until we get to move there some day. We went to the parade, had a BBQ, went swimming, and shooting in the desert. Quin loves shooting his guns. Real quick story about the desert. I was sitting by my mother in law and sister in laws when all of a sudden there is a huge, hairy, black tarantula!!! Luckily we spotted it before it crawled up Margo's leg. So we all calmly yelled for the "guys". Who of course were in there own world shooting there guns. So they didn't "hear" us. So we yelled louder. They came running over and kicked it out of the way and then we got in trouble for freaking out. Which I don't think is fair. I mean come on it was a huge spider!! I am not sorry for my actions. Quin laughed at me and my craziness after the spider incident. The rest of the evening I kept my feet hoisted in the air so nothing could crawl on me. You have to take the necessary precautions when your in the wild! ha ha Yes I know I am crazy! We had a blast in El Paso and can't wait to see everyone again soon!

Quin and his El Paso/Texas shirt that he bought at Walgreen's right before the parade.

-LoLo's Chicken & Waffles/D-Backs Game with Friends

We love hanging out with some of our best friends Cooper and Shalyn. Quin wanted them to experience Chicken and Waffles before we went to the game. We had a great time. The game was well...I think they won. But the only reason I went was for the fire works afterwards.

We have had a great summer and can't wait for the holidays to come so we can see family! And we are going on a Cruise for our Anniversary and just because we haven't gone on a vacation since we got married. I am so excited!! Now I just have to get lookin better in a swimsuit!! I better keep runnin!!

Smile you could make my day!

2010-04-25T15:43:00.000-07:00

This may very well be the freakin cutest boy
in the world!

We got to drive up the new Pacheco road. Well
the part that's done anyways. The ride is so
much more comfortable.

The cutest little baby pony I have ever seen!
I just wanted pick it up and hold it!

Garrett and Tori. She is getting so big.

He is so handsome. Well I think so anyways.
Quin and his Horse! He used to be gray.

HUH! Yes that was a big sigh. Tax season is finally over! Yeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! I can finally have my weekends and my evenings back. And like Quin says he is excited to get his wife back! He is just tired of eating frozen stuff. We all know he only likes me because I can cook! ;) The extra money on my paycheck will be missed but its almost not worth it. I tell Quin all the time that I am not meant to work and he is. I don't know how he works 12 hours 4 days a week. I only have to do it for 2 1/2 months and I am dieing he does it all year. I am excited to get back into the groove of things. Looking forward to the summer! Hopefully get some sun. You don't want to see my legs.

We just got back from Mexico last Sunday. We went for the weekend to see the dentist. Whoohooo. Not really. I am a huge ninny (and yes Ninny is a word I made it up). It was nice to see family for the weekend. We have to go back down 2 more times. But it will end up being way cheaper to get our work done down there then it will be out here. We can make the sacrifice of time plus we get to see family as well. The things you have to do when you don't have dental insurance!

Quin got to ride his horse Shock an Awe. He got to spend some much needed alone time with him thanks to his dad. He got to ride him all the way back up to the field! I wish we had horses. I can see how much he enjoys riding. Maybe I will get him one for his birthday. ;) Oh off on a tangent Quins birthday is the end of May. What do I get him? He says he doesn't know so please give me some suggestions. Thanks! Anyway we really enjoyed our trip down to Mexico. It was short and sweet! Hope everyone has a great week!

Updates

2010-03-04T18:34:00.000-08:00

This is for you Shay! No I am kidding. Thanks for the push to post! Its not that our lives are so boring that I have nothing to write about I guess I am just lazy! And I don't know what to say! We just recently got back from El Paso visiting Quins family. We went over to watch his brothers and their Semi-Pro football team! Congrats to the Seminoles for winning their first game! It was very exciting especially at the very end! It was so nice to see everyone and we already miss them.

I have been working alot. Tis the season...tax season that is! My favorite time of the year! It is nice to be busy and the over time is great too! Quin has been busy as well. He is about to finish up his associates then on his way to his bachelors! It needs to go faster!

We also moved in January. We love our new apartment! It is great! I am getting really tired of moving though. I told Quin this is it. Atleast for a while. I just need more decorations! But I can't really find that perfect picture! Hopefully I'll find it someday! My brother just had his baby in February. My two sister in laws are prego! Congrats Margo and BJ! Boy do I feel left out! I am really excited for them! I feel like everyone is pregnant or about to have a baby except me! Oh well I just need to be patient. It will happen when the time is right! I love being able to hold those precious little things and then as soon as they start to cry I hand them over! It doesn't work that way when they are on their own. Babies...well they will be here soon enough!

On another note. HUH! yes that was a capitalized sigh! Why do men have to be such babies when they are sick. Quin a has a cold again. He managed to get his butt out of bed and work a regular 12 hour day but the second he got home all I heard was "I AM SICK!!" If i hear that phrase one more time I think I might pull my hair out! DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA! I love him to death but I will be praying that he gets healthy soon! And if anyone feels free to join in on the prayers it would be greatly appreciated! Oh any tips on how to survive until this is over please let me know!

So I think I have been all over the place in this post. But that is ok this is my blog and I can do what I want..right! Well I do want to be better at this. I think its sort of like having a journal and I love looking at everyone elses. So in order to look I better keep mine updated so you all can have something to look at! Until the next post!

hAs iT aLrEaDy BeEn 2 yEaRs...

2009-11-24T05:10:00.000-08:00

Happy Anniversary honey! Now we can say we have made it at least 2 years. I think we are out of the honeymoon stage. I was seriously getting sick of hearing that. hehe These last 2 years have been filled with the good the bad and the absolutely greatest moments of my life. Quin I want you to know that you are my best friend and I am blessed to have you in my life. Not just anyone can be married to me...and all of my craziness. Thank you for working hard everyday for our family. I can't wait to celebrate our 50th Anniversary!! I know its still a ways off but hey I can imagine right.

We celebrated over the weekend. I tried to surprise Quin. And it was working until I got lost...ya I know next time I will remember when planning on surprising someone make sure you know where its at first!! I took him to the Horse Races. It was fun. Something I have never done before. And he had a pretty good time after he got over me getting lost! We both laughed in the end. He was pretty good at picking the horses that won. We didn't bet of course but I couldn't believe how much money people waste there! It was amazing. If they wanted to give their money away they could have given it to me!! Following the race track we watched BYU play...it is only right. Considering we watched the game 2 years ago at our luncheon!! Yes I know he still owes me for that one. ;0) For dinner we went to Cheesecake Factory. Quins favorite place. Even after this long we still seem to find things to talk about. I take that as a good sign. I had a great weekend spending it with my B.F.F. Thank you for a wonderful 2 years honey. I love you!

On another note since its been a while since my last post. I can't wait for the Holidays. Thanksgiving this week and then Christmas! I am looking forward to challenging Quin in my families turkey bowl Thursday morning. If he thinks its going to be easy he has got it wrong...I am in better shape then he is! And I can't wait to decorate for Christmas. Quin is torturing me by making me wait! I can't help myself. I am looking forward to good food, game and naps! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Its amazing how looking at a few pictures makes it seem like it just happened yesterday!

The List of Things I should already know...according to my husband.

2009-09-23T14:18:00.000-07:00

Ok its not really a list. I have these tennis shoes that are about 3 years old and the other day I purchased some inserts for them. The package said sizes 5-10. So I got home and I spent probably 20 MIN. Trying to figure out why the balsted inserts wouldn't fit in my shoes. My size is 8 and the insert said 5-10. It didn't make sense to me so I gave up. When Quin walked through the door he saw my shoes sitting on the fireplace mantle with the inserts sticking half way out. He looked at me and said "what's up with that?!?" So I explained to him that I simply bought the wrong size insert...he then looked at the shoes then turned to look at me and laughed. Now I didn't see anything funny about it. I was actually pretty mad that the stupid things wouldn't fit! He grabbed my hand and sat me on the couch then he got the shoes and proceeded to teach me about shoe inserts. Did you know that on the bottom of the insert there are numbers according to your shoe size...and you are supposed to cut them at your size!!! I simply thought they were just like socks...one size pretty much fits all. Well I am afraid not. By the end of my learning experience with inserts Quin told me that this is something I should have already known. Well I didn't...obviously! Thanks honey for teaching me about shoes and inserts! I am nervous to find out what else is on this list of things I should already know!

Summer...what Summer...

2009-08-23T18:45:00.000-07:00

Summer came and went. I hardly had time to plan to do anything. Although it still feels like summer here in Mesa. It will still be hot until October. So I still consider it to be summer. Our road trips consisted of El Paso and Snowflake to visit family. We enjoyed both trips. It was Quin's first experience of the Pioneer Days in good ole Snowflake. He wasn't sure what to think. But had fun going shooting and watching the rodeo. His favorite part would have to be when we went to the Youth Dance to check up on my siblings. We got to be chaperons for a while. You would of thought he was a kid in a candy shop the way he gave kids a hard time. I will admit it was pretty fun.

We have also been busy in our Ward. The Bishop asked us to learn dances for the Pioneer Trek and teach them to the youth in our ward. It has been a lot of fun. I finally got my husband to dance with me even if they are pioneer dances. :o) Other than school and work we haven't been up to much. I can't wait to be able to get a chance to take a little vacation and get away from the heat. I am looking forward to going camping with my family while Quin is on his BYU Football trip with the Boys! Camping always clears my mind! I can't wait to see those beautiful mountains and breath the fresh air!

Here are a few of the pictures we took.

Quin was so kind to let my mom shoot his gun!

They thought they were so cool...

Soon to come...

2009-08-18T07:31:00.000-07:00

I will be updating soon I promise. I finally got family pictures back that we took in July. So I will post as soon as I get a chance to use the computer longer than five minutes. Quin is on it the minute he gets home till we go to bed doing homework. :)

I love it when he suprises me

2009-05-16T17:46:00.000-07:00

I came home from gym on Friday afternoon after work and found these beautiful, bright, Gerbera daisies...which happen to be some of my favorite flowers! My first thought was...what did he do or buy that he was not supposed to. Guess what he did it just to do it!!! Of course it made my day! Unfortunately Quin is getting a cold AGAIN!! So all I heard the rest of the night was, " I"M SICK!!!" I know I am not alone in the annoyance of this. He did buy me flowers so I took care of him. Not 0nly did he surprise me with flowers but today while I was attending my 5 hour traffic school. He completely cleaned the house. Windows, dusting, moping, he even organized all the closets! I am not trying to put him on a pedal stool but I felt pretty lucky today. Maybe I shouldn't set my expectations high! What do you think?!?!

I am oficailly a criminal!

2009-05-05T07:15:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday I was on my way to a Dr. Appt. When I saw the flashing red lights!!! Right then my stomach went into my throat! I did not realize how fast I was going and I slowed down as soon as I realized....I know I know everyone says that but I am telling the truth. Well I might have gotten off had it not been a motorcycle cop! I was of course then late for my Appt. Which I sat for an hour waiting to see the Doctor! Annoying!!! At that point I wanted to go crawl back in bed! Quin was really supportive and told me it was no big deal. I now will be joining the rest of you who have been to traffic school. Who knows I might learn something! I eventually got over it but now I can not brag about never getting a ticket! As for those who have already been pulled over and have yet to be I know how you feel!

the latest and greatest

2009-04-26T16:32:00.001-07:00

I know its been a while. I never said I was going to be good at this. Tax season is finally over for me! It is going to be great to finally have my nights and Saturdays back. Quin is still working and going to school. Last weekend we went down to Tucson, AZ. Where Anne ran a half marathon. I have to give her credit I think that is amazing. And I can't wait to do it with her next year! All in all it was an enjoyable weekend with some family. Oh, Quin finally got a little sun so his legs are not so white anymore. That is one of our goals this summer is to tan!! We do live in the valley of the sun and we are both so WHITE!!!! This week we have been busy trying to catch up on all the things I got behind on during tax season. My family came to town and we went to the Celtic Women Concert! Oh my word! It was awesome. Thank you Dad and Mom for doing that I will never forget it. So we will be in Snowflake this coming weekend for my brothers wedding! In case anyone was wondering we are doing great! Plus we can't wait to see Travis, Tiffany and family this month to watch Braxton play ball. Oh, Braxton we are so proud of you and hope you had a great birthday and we are sorry we could not be there. May is going to be a busy month for us. I will do my best to post a little more often!

My weekend alone

2009-03-15T12:48:00.000-07:00

I had a great weekend with my sister in-law Margo. While our husbands were in Utah attending a funeral we were able to do what we wanted to do. Sleepover, good food, ice cream. I had fun we got both of our houses cleaned. Mine was way dirty...just ask Margo! ;) Thanks Margo for hanging out with me and keeping me entertained!

As for Quin being gone all weekend. Yes I did miss you honey. When you are away it makes me realize how much you do mean to me. You are my best friend and my lover! I am glad you were able to spend the weekend with your family but I am glad you are coming home. I am tired of not having someone to keep me warm when I get into bed. I miss someone listening to me and my silly stories. Please hurry home!

Spring is in the Air!

2009-03-08T18:33:00.000-07:00

I love spring! I especially love all of the bright colors. I bought 5 new shirts for $20. I thought it was a great deal. Quin stated that they are just T-SHIRTS. I actually think they are fun vibrant colors. Besides that I got a great deal! He can't complain. My family came to visit this weekend. Well they came down to buy a new washer and dryer but it was a good excuse to see them. We had a fun time and some good laughs. I can't wait for my mom and my sister to come back down next weekend. Shopping, late nights, ice cream, music, chatting! It is a good thing Quin won't be around so we can have fun! So I can't wait to get through the week to enjoy the weekend once more!

Stiffin the balloon man!

2009-03-01T20:07:00.000-08:00

Friday night when my husband finally decided to stop doing homework. We thought we should eat dinner about eight thirty and went to Texas Roadhouse. While we were waiting for our food the little old man who makes figures out of balloons came over to our table. Quin said "my wife here needs a flower she is cranky!" So he proceeded to make me a flower meanwhile I am kicking him under the table to let him know that I don't want one because you have to pay him and he of course didn't get it. So when the guy was done he stood there for a while and Quin was like..."oh do I need to pay you something for the balloon...the little old man replied well if you want to." We had no cash..I was so embarrassed. Needless to say when the man walked away I didn't let him live it down. He didn't let me down he gave an extra tip on our card for the balloon man. Hopefully he got his tip. Well the next morning when we were cleaning he decided to pop my balloon. Quite rude...so hopefully my husband has now learned that people just don't walk around handing out balloons for FREE!

I finally did it!

2009-02-24T17:27:00.000-08:00

So I stayed home sick today with the flu and I finally broke down and decided to set up my blog. So if anyone wants to offer some help as to how I can make my page cute I will take any advice. Anyways...I have had better days. To anyone who gets this flu or has the flu I feel your pain. Luckily I didn't have it as bad as others. Quin is so afraid to get it...I had to break it to him that he has already been exposed so it is only a matter of time! The guy doesn't want to miss work. I am hoping that tomorrow will be a better day.